1902 Mors Model H 4 Cylinder Rear Entrance Tonneau
Registration No. DY29
Engine No. 8057
VCC Dating Certificate. 2055 (1995)
£POA
Emile Mors was right at the cutting edge of motor car development at the turn of the century and, from his Parisian base, built motor cars that were at the forefront in the major motor sport events at the time, notably the great City-to-City races, which stole newspaper headlines and attracted massive crowds. His early models were technically innovative, featuring rear-mounted, V4 engines with dry sump lubrication and belt and pulley transmission. By 1898 rapid developments had been made, Mors cars by then featuring forward-mounted engines and chain final drive.
Mors vied with the likes of Panhard and Mercedes for the rich rewards that came from victory in the titanic struggles in those great City-to-City races. Mors products were indeed race-bred and this reflected in their quality engineering and reliability, rivalled only by such other notable manufacturers as Napier and Panhard.
This particular 4 Cylinder 1902 Model H Mors benefits from a history back to day one. In 1902 a man called Henry King was living just outside of Uckfield, Sussex at Isfield Place, he was manager of The Old Bank in Lewes, a wealthy man with expensive tastes. He bought a car later that year, an 8HP 4 cylinder Mors, a rare breed at that time, being an early 4 cylinder variant and it came at the huge cost of £600.
Car registration wasn’t brought in until the following year, so Henry registered his Mors on 21st December 1903 at St Leonard’s on Sea and was given the registration number ‘DY29’. Little is known about what Henry did with the car in the following years but it surfaced again in the 1950s where it was run in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. After this, it was found in America and returned to the UK in 1994 where it was purchased and kept until 2025.
It was in this ownership that the car was returned to its former glory as a no expensive spared restoration was undertaken with work to the Engine, Gearbox and Differential by specialist Nigel Parrott NP Veteran Engineering. In the following years the car completed 2 London to Brighton Runs before taking place in a collection of 30 other Pre 1905 vehicles, meaning the car has probably only travelled 1000 miles since restoration. Some of these miles were undertaken in Europe on the Lac Leman event in successive years.
Presented today in beautiful condition, retaining its original 1903 registration number, ‘DY29’ is an extremely capable performer featuring electric starting meaning it is easily used and capable of carrying 4 people to Brighton in comfort.
For further information, please contact Tom Parrott who will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
